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Grand Rapids, MI – An Arctic air mass swept through Southwest Michigan early Saturday, setting or tying several all-time low temperature records across the region, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
Residents in Grand Rapids woke up to a frigid –19°F, tying the record set in 1948. Kalamazoo dropped to –18°F, breaking its previous record of –13°F set in 1963. Muskegon, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo all saw new records, with Muskegon hitting –7°F, two degrees colder than its 1904 mark…